Sam Altman might have been kicked out for planning to bring down Nvidia, as he had been visiting the Middle East in order to acquire money for the project, which went by the secret name Tigris.
According to those familiar with the situation, Sam Altman was aggressively trying to raise billions from some of the biggest investors in the world for a new chip business in the weeks before his sudden dismissal from OpenAI.
According to the persons, Altman had been visiting the Middle East in order to acquire money for the project, which went by the secret name Tigris. The CEO of OpenAI intended to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) chip startup that would be able to compete with Nvidia Corp., the market leader in AI tasks at the moment, by producing semiconductors. The persons, who wished to remain anonymous since the conversations were private, stated that Altman's chip business has not yet been established and that talks with investors are still in the early stages.
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